MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 27, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Abbott
Andrew Abbott
CIN · P
Change to
Matt Waldron
WSH · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Matt Waldron.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA and WHIP. Andrew Abbott’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
▶
WHIP
▶
W
SV n/a

Matt Waldron wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Andrew Abbott wins 0 (none); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
92.4
Matt Waldron
92.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
10.3%
Matt Waldron
8.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
18.0%
Matt Waldron
17.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
29.0%
Matt Waldron
31.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
38.7%
Matt Waldron
36.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
8.1%
Matt Waldron
5.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
.338
Matt Waldron
.291
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Andrew Abbott
2.238.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.63
Matt Waldron
2.238.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.49
4.08
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Abbott
1.141.87
now 1.44
1.42
Matt Waldron
1.141.87
now 1.71
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Abbott
4058.80
now 42
0
Matt Waldron
4058.80
now 22
0
Winshigher is better
Andrew Abbott
.0005.60
now 4
0–0
Matt Waldron
.0005.60
now 1
0–0

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAndrew Abbott — sell.conf 0.80
Buy LowMatt Waldron — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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